According to ESET, SlowStepper is a feature-rich backdoor with a toolkit of more than 30 components, programmed in C++, Python, and Go.
rule win_slowstepper_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.slowstepper." info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator" tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0" signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.slowstepper" malpedia_rule_date = "20260422" malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14" malpedia_version = "20260504" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" /* DISCLAIMER * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator. * The code and documentation is published here: * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given * number of families, only single samples are documented. * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer. * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels. */ strings: $sequence_0 = { 8bca c1f908 884df6 8bfa c1ff1f 8bca 884df7 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8bca | mov ecx, edx // c1f908 | sar ecx, 8 // 884df6 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0xa], cl // 8bfa | mov edi, edx // c1ff1f | sar edi, 0x1f // 8bca | mov ecx, edx // 884df7 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 9], cl $sequence_1 = { e8???????? c3 837da408 8b4590 7303 8d4590 53 } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // c3 | ret // 837da408 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0x5c], 8 // 8b4590 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x70] // 7303 | jae 5 // 8d4590 | lea eax, [ebp - 0x70] // 53 | push ebx $sequence_2 = { ffd0 8345e404 ebe6 c745e048d34c00 817de04cd34c00 7311 8b45e0 } // n = 7, score = 100 // ffd0 | call eax // 8345e404 | add dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], 4 // ebe6 | jmp 0xffffffe8 // c745e048d34c00 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], 0x4cd348 // 817de04cd34c00 | cmp dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], 0x4cd34c // 7311 | jae 0x13 // 8b45e0 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x20] $sequence_3 = { e8???????? c20400 6a48 b8???????? e8???????? 8b4508 33db } // n = 7, score = 100 // e8???????? | // c20400 | ret 4 // 6a48 | push 0x48 // b8???????? | // e8???????? | // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 33db | xor ebx, ebx $sequence_4 = { 8d420c 8b8a30ecffff 33c8 e8???????? 8b4af8 33c8 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 8d420c | lea eax, [edx + 0xc] // 8b8a30ecffff | mov ecx, dword ptr [edx - 0x13d0] // 33c8 | xor ecx, eax // e8???????? | // 8b4af8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [edx - 8] // 33c8 | xor ecx, eax // e8???????? | $sequence_5 = { 50 e8???????? 8d85e4feffff 83c414 830bff 8d7001 8a08 } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 8d85e4feffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x11c] // 83c414 | add esp, 0x14 // 830bff | or dword ptr [ebx], 0xffffffff // 8d7001 | lea esi, [eax + 1] // 8a08 | mov cl, byte ptr [eax] $sequence_6 = { 53 56 8b750c 57 8bf9 8b5f20 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 53 | push ebx // 56 | push esi // 8b750c | mov esi, dword ptr [ebp + 0xc] // 57 | push edi // 8bf9 | mov edi, ecx // 8b5f20 | mov ebx, dword ptr [edi + 0x20] // e8???????? | $sequence_7 = { c684248895010004 8b35???????? 50 e8???????? 50 ff15???????? 53 } // n = 7, score = 100 // c684248895010004 | mov byte ptr [esp + 0x19588], 4 // 8b35???????? | // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 53 | push ebx $sequence_8 = { 50 a3???????? ff15???????? a3???????? 8d851cf1ffff 50 ff35???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // 50 | push eax // a3???????? | // ff15???????? | // a3???????? | // 8d851cf1ffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0xee4] // 50 | push eax // ff35???????? | $sequence_9 = { e9???????? 8d4d98 e9???????? 8db534ffffff e9???????? 8d4dd0 e9???????? } // n = 7, score = 100 // e9???????? | // 8d4d98 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x68] // e9???????? | // 8db534ffffff | lea esi, [ebp - 0xcc] // e9???????? | // 8d4dd0 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x30] // e9???????? | condition: 7 of them and filesize < 909312 }
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